There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5380: From the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, the army had no power
Chapter 5380: From the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, the army had no power
Bai Hu smiled slightly and said: "Yes, because as I said before, the people of Guandong, especially the common people landowners, are still the descendants of the old aristocrats and nobles of the six previous countries, together with those people who are actually common people. Although they are
The bottom of society, but they also consider themselves Zhuxia, regard the Guanzhong regime as a tiger and wolf foreign country, and are not convinced from the bottom of their hearts. Although the Liu clan is used as a feudal state to rule the people of Guandong, this kind of identity recognition and integration is also
It will take a long time, just like when Qin conquered the land of Guanxi, it also took hundreds of years of repeated tug-of-war to assimilate the conquered Rong and Di people into Qin people."
Qinglong nodded: "So the people of Guandong are still resistant to the Qin and Han Dynasty's laws that directly govern the villages. This is also the reason why Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the early Han Dynasty chose to recuperate and not engage in large-scale foreign wars.
Huang-Lao's Way is a Taoist theory, which is different from Confucianism. Although it weakened the central government's control over local grassroots, it also made the people hostile to the imperial court, especially the people of Guandong.
Greatly weakened, this is the fundamental reason why there was no great chaos in the early Han Dynasty."
Bai Hu said seriously: "Yes, in fact, whether the people are resistant to the regime or not, in the final analysis, it depends on the governance and management capabilities of the regime, and the second is the degree of taxation, corvee, and oppression of the people. If the people are allowed to live
It was very difficult and they couldn't survive, so the people's mentality changed. But on the other hand, during the Zhou Dynasty, including the Qin Dynasty, the world was divided and war-torn for more than 800 years. The people were already tired of the endless bloodshed and conflicts, and their hearts were broken.
Si'an, if the late Qin Dynasty hadn't squeezed and used the people's power too much before, it wouldn't have changed the minds of the people of Guandong."
"The old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms are just slogans. If during the Qin Dynasty, the people of Guandong were doing light corvee and receiving little wealth, and their lives were better than during the Six Kingdoms period, then naturally not many people would want to rebel. But even after the unification, Qin Shihuang was very happy with his achievements.
, large-scale construction, building palaces and their own tombs, and constant wars with foreign countries, which led to the people being miserable. At least it was harder than the last period of the Six Kingdoms period. Naturally, they will miss the old times. At this time, once the Qin State
The ability to rule and suppress has declined, and if someone takes the lead again, the demise of the Qin Dynasty is imminent."
"It's just that the Han Dynasty learned this lesson and did not use the power of the people. The taxation was only one tax per thirty. This allowed the people of Guandong to live a good life. Externally, they maintained peace with the Xiongnu for decades through the policy of peace and affinity.
, there is no danger of invasion by foreign enemies. It can be said that since the Zhou Dynasty, there has been a rare period of peace in the world for nearly a thousand years, which has allowed the world's population to grow rapidly and the national treasury to be greatly enriched. Of course, such peace is also based on
The Han Dynasty also maintained hundreds of thousands of troops to guard the four directions, maintain law and order, and deter foreign enemies, especially the Central Army with Guanzhong and Liangjiazi in the six counties as the main body. The Guanzhong Army was the cornerstone of stabilizing the world, intimidating Xiaoxiao, and using Guanzhong to suppress the whole country.
This is the thinking of the Han Dynasty."
Suzaku laughed: "That is to say, use Lao Qin to intimidate the world. If the people of Guandong dare to rebel again, they will send troops from Guanzhong to destroy them. This is what happened in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, right?"
Bai Hu smiled slightly, touched his beard, and said: "Yes, the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are all warlike. More importantly, there are well-equipped chariots and cavalry units. This is a huge advantage over the soldiers in Guandong.
The cavalry from the north beat the troops from the south on the plains like a whirlwind. Even today, Liu Yu's infantry will have a very difficult time fighting the cavalry from the north. There is no way around it, because war horses and chariots have been used throughout the ages.
In war, it is the magic weapon that determines victory or defeat."
Xuanwu looked at Bai Hu and said: "So the Liu clan of the Han Dynasty and the princes at the founding of the country are the nobles, or rulers, of the Han Dynasty, and the army of the Han Dynasty is composed of ordinary people among the common people.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the gentry lost control of the army?"
Baihu shook his head: "That's not necessarily true, because the Han Dynasty had a system of the Northern and Southern armies. The soldiers of the Northern and Southern armies were mostly selected from the common people. When they were doing corvee service, if they were strong warriors in the military stage, they would be further selected to enter the Northern and Southern armies.
The army or the border army of the six counties guard the capital and the border areas. However, the officers of the Northern and Southern Army and the border counties are mostly selected from the descendants of the founding marquis. They have the titles of their fathers and ancestors, and they will become Ding after they become Ding.
But when they came out to become officials, some of them directly served as officers in the army, such as the famous Tiaohou Zhou Yafu, the son of Zhou Bo, a great hero in the early Han Dynasty. After becoming a cub, he served in the Northern and Southern Army and Xiliu Camp, and finally became a famous general.
The Li family in Longxi, like Li Guang, have inherited titles from generation to generation and become generals."
Qinglong nodded: "It is normal for generals from Guanzhong and prime ministers from Guandong. Lieutenants born in Guanzhong are often descendants of military families who founded the country and settled in the Guanzhong area of Chang'an. When they became officials, they gave priority to joining the army. This is also normal, and
In the land of Guandong, many of them were gentry, educated Confucian scholars, or gentry-landlord families. They also gained power by ascending to the throne, or serving as local officials, and then further becoming officials in the court.
Most of the county and county officials who were appointed to the local government were from these Guandong gentry. Until the time of Emperor Han Yuan, the Guandong gentry, who were mainly Confucian scholars, gradually overpowered the generals from Guanzhong and took control of the power in the court."
Bai Hu took a deep breath: "That's pretty much it. In times of war or long-term wars with the Xiongnu, military commanders and generals can easily gain power. For this reason, in addition to the prime minister, the Han Dynasty also specially established hussar generals.
The highest military officer, such as the general of chariots and cavalry, achieved the separation of civil and military affairs, and had a path of becoming a general and becoming a prime minister. From the Han Dynasty until the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they almost all had to use martial arts to gain titles and then obtain central power.
It was not until the Western Jin Dynasty that famous scholars in metaphysics became popular. Although China was in chaos during the Five Years, after the Eastern Jin Dynasty crossed south and gradually stabilized, this trend became popular again, so that the upper-class nobles completely lost control of the army."
Xuanwu frowned: "Even during the Cao Wei period, even King Sima Xuan joined the army and fought in the army and established meritorious service before he came to power. Why did the gentry lose control of the army in this troubled time starting from the Eastern Jin Dynasty?"
Bai Hu said calmly: "Because in the previous dynasties, even in troubled times like the Three Kingdoms, it was a unified and centralized model of monarchy rule. At most, powerful ministers like the prime minister pretended to have real power, but power was still concentrated in the center, and the central government
To control the entire country, they even divided the people into military households and civilian households in order to fight the war. The military households must bear the obligation to serve in the war." (End of this chapter)